Field Sets

A Field Set defines a group of Fields associated with a Text Block or Forms Definition folder. They provide an interface from the Master Template script to Text Blocks, Forms, and Content Wizards.

In Legacy projects, you can connect Field Sets to a Text Block folder or to a Forms Definitions folder on the Field Sets tab of the project Configuration window.

The questions in the Forms can use the Fields from the Field Set to save the answer to those Fields. The user who creates or changes a Text Block can use these Fields in the Text Block. Content Wizards can use these Field Sets for conditions.

To use the Field Set in a Master Template with a Form, Text Block, or Content Wizard, first create the Field Set, then add the Field Set to the Data Backbone, and finally create the Data Backbone.

You can also use the Field Set interface in a Master Template by declaring a special FIELDSET variable with the name of the Field Set. See the Kofax Communications Manager Template Scripting Language Developer's Guide for more information on using the FIELDSET variable.

Also, you can use a special Field Set type, Status Field Set, in combination with Content Wizards. In a Content Wizard, you can optionally add Sections and Text Blocks as well as create editable Text Blocks. During composition of a document or a Document Pack, the user can interactively choose to include the Section or the Text Block and/or to change the content of the editable Text Block. Status Field Sets can be used to store information on the user's choice and to store the content of the changed editable Text Block.

You can indicate your intention to include and object or not in the Data Retrieval, by adding either Yes or No value to such a Field directly. The Status Field Sets are invisible in every other place where Field Sets could be used. Fields of the Status Field Set have no default value and format.

Field Sets are stored in the special Field Set folder. This folder is automatically created when you create a new project. You can create Field Set subfolders in this folder.